For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

I have a cult-like following because I exemplify what it is to be a human being.

I’m responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

Netscape was able to get the government working on its behalf.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

Of course, ‚I Will Always Love You‘ is the biggest song so far in my career. I’m famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.

I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change.

There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.

I don’t measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can’t because I’ll just end up crushed.

I think that success is having fun.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years.

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

A good model of how to ‚work with the enemy‘ internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul as he confronts the Chinese government that invaded Tibet.

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

My job is to play quarterback, and I’m going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

All leaders in the Lord’s Church are called by proper authority. No prophet or any other leader in this Church, for that matter, has ever called himself or herself. No prophet has ever been elected.

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

However my parents – both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.

One of the key qualities a leader must possess is the ability to detach from the chaos, mayhem, and emotions in a situation and make good, clear decisions based on what is actually happening.

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

A lot of artists fail when they try to act, and they flop. So when I get into acting, it’s going to be to do it well, something good, something of quality. I want people to say, ‚Wow, that movie‘ – or that show or whatever – ‚turned out really well.‘

To keep the business going, you gotta keep it boomin‘.

I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally – but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn’t have much to say about how they’d make it right. They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan.

I’m always asked, ‚What’s the secret to success?‘ But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.

I’m not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it’s a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don’t believe that’s the way one oughta campaign, I’ve never done that.

The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it – oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help… Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.

It’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

I think Himalayan climbers tend to mature fairly late. I think most of the successful Himalayan climbers have ranged from 28 to just over 40, really.

My game is really played above time. I don’t say that like I’m saying I’m ahead of my time. I’m saying, like, if I’m on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I’ve thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that’s the right place to go to.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.